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What does the Holocaust have in common with the Anfal Campaign?
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Overview The Anfal campaign began in 1986 and lasted until 1989, and was headed by Ali Hasan al-Majid, a cousin of the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The Anfal campaign included the use of ground offensives, aerial bombing, systematic destruction of settlements, mass deportation, concentration camps, firing squads, and chemical warfare, which earned al-Majid the nickname of "Chemical Ali".
Thousands of civilians were killed during chemical and conventional bombardments stretching from the spring of 1987 through the fall of 1988. The attacks were part of a long-standing campaign that destroyed almost every Kurdish village in Iraq -- along with a centuries-old way of life -- and displaced at least a million of the country's estimated 3.5 million Kurdish population.
Independent sources estimate 50,000 to more than 100,000 deaths; the Kurds claim about 182,000 people were killed. Amnesty International collected the names of more than 17,000 people who had "disappeared" during 1988. The campaign has been characterized as genocidal in nature, notably before a court in The Hague. It is also characterized as gendercidal, because "battle-age" men were the primary targets, according to Human Rights Watch/Middle East (hereafter, HRW/ME).
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When did Al-Anfal Campaign happen?
Al-Anfal Campaign happened on 1988-09-06.
What is Iraq's 1987-1988 Anfal Campaign in Kurdistan?
The Anfal Campaign was the name assigned by Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq, for his genocidal attack on a number of Kurdish tribes in northern Iraq (southern Kurdistan), wherein over 180,000 Kurds were gassed to death.
What does anfal mean?
"Anfal" is an Arabic term that means "spoils of war" or "booty." It is commonly associated with the Anfal genocide, a campaign of mass murder and displacement carried out by the Iraqi government against the Kurdish population in the late 1980s.
What was the genocidal campaign against Jews?
holocaust
How does revisionist interpretation of the Holocaust movement affect the world today?
There is remembrance of the Holocaust but there is no 'Holocaust movement'. That expression makes it sound like a political campaign.
What did Winton do?
Help campaign about the nazis and help jews during the Holocaust
How many died in Iraq genocide?
It depends on which one. Most people use the term "Iraq genocide" to apply exclusively to the al-Anfal Campaign which was responsible for the cruel murder of 184,000 Kurds.
What did Nicholas Winton do?
Help campaign about the nazis and help jews during the holocaust
How did the Holocaust and the final solution affect the 'free world'?
It has been said that the Holocaust accelerated the campaign against racism, for example in the U.S., after the war.
What did the Japanese and the Holocaust have in common?
'the Japanese' are a people 'the Holocaust' was an event, there are no factors that can be compared.
Were the perpetrators of the genocide against the Iraqi Kurds brought to justice?
Partially. The first major trial against Saddam Hussein was only focused on one particularly large attack perpetrated against Shiite Muslims in the southeast of the country (the Dujail Massacre). As for the Al-Anfal Campaign (which is the "polite" term for the Genocide of Iraqi Kurds), in December 2006 Saddam was put on trial for the genocide during Operation Anfal. The trial for the Anfal campaign was still underway on December 30, 2006, when Saddam Hussein was executed for his role in the unrelated Dujail Massacre. The Anfal trial recessed on December 21, 2006, and when it resumed on January 8, 2007, the remaining charges against Saddam Hussein were dropped since he was now dead. Six co-defendants continued to stand trial for their roles in the Anfal campaign. On 23 June 2007 Ali Hassan al-Majid, and two co-defendants Sultan Hashem Ahmed and Hussein Rashid Mohammed were convicted of genocide and related charges and sentenced to death by hanging. Another two co-defendants (Farhan Jubouri and Saber Abdel Aziz al-Douri) were sentenced to life imprisonment, and one (Taher Tawfiq al-Ani) was acquitted on prosecution's demand. Al-Majid was eventually hanged on 25 January 2010.
Did the concentration camps contribute the holocaust?
Concentration camps were very common during and before the Holocaust.
